[Remote] Software Development Engineer Intern (Metadata Storage) - 2026 Start (PhD)

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. ByteDance is a global technology company that inspires creativity and enriches life through its innovative products. They are seeking a Software Development Engineer Intern to assist in designing and developing ultra-performance metadata services and support the creation of automated deployment solutions. This internship aims to provide hands-on learning experiences while collaborating with industry experts. Responsibilities Assist in designing and developing ultra-performance metadata services, including distributed coordination, locking, key-value storage, and service discovery features Support the creation of automated and disaster-tolerance deployment solutions for virtualized and bare-metal environments Analyze service performance metrics, generate insights, and propose data-driven improvements to enhance reliability and efficiency Participate in technical discussions and documentation efforts, ensuring alignment with team standards and best practices Skills Currently pursuing a PhD degree in Computer Science or related fields in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field Strong programming skills in C++ or Go in Linux environments, with experience in writing clean, maintainable and testable code Have a solid understanding of CS Fundamentals: basic data structures (lists, queues, stacks, trees, graphs, hash tables) and algorithms (binary search, quick sort, divide and conquer, backtracking), operating system (processes, threads, mutexes, semaphores, deadlock, paging, segmentation, file system), network (OSI models, TCP/UDP, IP addressing, HTTP, DNS) Have a basic understanding of distributed systems (e.g. CAP theorem), databases (e.g. relational vs nosql, transaction, isolation levels), and storage systems (e.g. replication, erasure encoding) Familiarity with advanced data structures (LSM trees, B+ trees) and algorithms (Paxos, Raft). Online courses and books such as MIT 6.824 Distributed Systems and Designing Data-Intensive Applications (DDIA) are good study resources for those topics Hands-on or research experience with distributed systems such as HDFS, Colossus, Spanner, Chubby, ZooKeeper, etcd Familiarity with linux system programming (epoll, io uring) and high performance networking (RDMA, DPDK) Benefits Day one access to health insurance Life insurance Wellbeing benefits 10 paid holidays per year Paid sick time (56 hours if hired in first half of year, 40 if hired in second half of year) Housing allowance Company Overview ByteDance is a technology company that develops content creation platforms and services. It was founded in 2012, and is headquartered in Beijing, Beijing, CHN, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is Company H1B Sponsorship ByteDance has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 1350 in 2025, 1123 in 2024, 775 in 2023, 487 in 2022, 417 in 2021, 245 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.